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July 20, 2005
Cuesta College’s Bridge TO SUCCESS program FOR
at-risk youth celebrates July 21 graduation
Cuesta
College will honor another successful group of high school students for
completing the Summer 2005 Bridge to Success Program, at the annual
“Bridge Barbecue and Graduation,” 12 p.m., Thursday, July 21, behind the
Cuesta College San Luis Obispo Campus Cafeteria.
The Bridge to Success Program is
considered to be one of Cuesta College’s most highly effective outreach
programs to area youth considered “at risk.” During 2004-05, the
program served more than 325 students from throughout San Luis Obispo
County at an annual cost of $150,000. Funding sources came both from
the public and private sector in the form of grants and donations. This
year’s Bridge Program was funded by County Department of Social
Services, the James Irvine Foundation, the SLO Mayor’s Youth Task Force,
the Cuesta College Foundation and by the College’s general fund.
Bridge to Success is actually a
two-part program designed to reach out to “at-risk” high school students
at a critical time in their lives. Bridge students earn both high school
and college credits while being introduced to higher education,
specifically to the academic and vocational paths open to them at Cuesta
College.
Bridge to
Success students take classes designed to prepare them for long-term
academic and workplace success. They are provided with on-campus
employment through the summer program, and for the first time this
summer, they participated in a community service project with the
California Conservation Corps. After enrolling in college, students
become eligible for a scholarship for school expenses.
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